When she moves her family out of Chelsea, the head of PR for Michael Kors discovers that her downtown style fits right in on the Upper East Side

Living Room

Living Room

After renovating a townhouse in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood, Lisa Pomerantz figured she and her family were set for life. That massive undertaking entailed moving out of their home for more than a year, a process that neither she nor her husband was eager to repeat. The tailored results—featured in ELLE DECOR in 2008—were the height of chic and perfectly suited to Pomerantz, a fashion maven who oversees global communications for Michael Kors. "We had plenty of space and we loved it," she says. "I really thought we were done."

In the living room of Lisa Pomerantz and Jonathan Copplestone's Manhattan apartment, designed by architect Peter Pawlak, the sofa, which is upholstered in a Maharam mohair, and the daybed are custom made, the cocktail table is vintage Tommi Parzinger, and the vintage armchair and Knoll Barcelona stools are covered in Rogers & Goffigon fabrics; the 18th-century campaign chest is English, the floor lamp is by Bottega Veneta, and the Berber rug is vintage.

Dining Room

Dining Room

But as their boys, Trewin, now 14, and Oliver, 10, aged into their tween years, everything became more complicated. Their private school was located on the Upper East Side, the other side of town. For Pomerantz and her husband, investor Jonathan Copplestone, the commute up and across town began to feel like a burden. They listed their townhouse as much out of curiosity as anything else, but soon received a serious offer. "We hemmed and hawed and then finally had to pull the trigger," Pomerantz recalls.

The dining room's custom-made tables are fumed oak, the vintage Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs have cushions covered in a Larsen linen, the photograph is by Hiroshi Sugimoto, and the fireplace mantel is honed travertine.